Who we are

Helene heads Key Aid’s work on cash and market-based programming, as well as capacity building. She has supported the institutionalisation of cash and market-based programming for UNDP, UNHCR, IRC, Save the Children, CARE, Oxfam and World Vision, among others. She has also authored several related guidance documents, including the CaLP Programme Quality Toolbox and the PCMA guidance, and is involved in the Sphere Standards revision. She is a member of the CaLP Technical Advisory Group and the Market in Crisis Board of Directors. Hélène also regularly designs and trains humanitarian practitioners on cash and market-based programming. She is a lecturer with Manchester University and Sciences Po Paris.

Clément oversees Key Aid’s evaluation work. He has led multiple strategic assignments to support aid and development programmes in the Middle East, Africa and South-East Asia. These projects span across multiple INGOs and UN agencies. Clément has conducted several evaluations focused on specific Grand Bargain commitments (localisation, uptake of cash-based assistance). He is regularly involved on Key Aid’s cash and market projects. He is a member CaLP CTP technical expert roster. Clément has also designed and implemented large-scale quantitative surveys collect and analyse data in some of today’s most challenging environments, including Gaza and Afghanistan.

Pauline has over six years working in the development and humanitarian sector working for think tanks, NGOs and consultancies. Her first professional experiences started in Latin America, before focusing on the Middle East and in particular the Syrian crisis. Pauline also has in country expereince in East and West Africa. She is experienced in mixed methodology research and evaluations with a specialisation in the Livelihoods and CVA. Pauline holds an Mphil in development studies from the University of Cambridge and speaks English, French and Spanish.

Beatrice has over three years of experience in the aid sector, working with national and international actors to improve their assistance to crisis-affected households and ensure aid efficiency. She has experience in mixed-methods research methodologies and has conducted a number of research and evaluation projects for different clients within different institutions. Before joining Key Aid, Beatrice worked as a freelance consultant for the World Bank, where she supported governance and private sector development projects, and for other boutique consulting firms, where she conducted evaluation projects, mainly in West Africa. Beatrice has extensive knowledge of governance challenges in the MENA region, having worked as a Junior Researcher at the Clingendael Institute in the region. She holds a Master’s degree in International Development from Sciences Po Paris. She is Lebanese and speaks English, French and Arabic.

PhD brings 10 years’ experience in research and analysis in the areas of conflict, crisis response, migration, and post-conflict development. She has has worked in research programme management at the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in New York, the Institute of Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria and has completed evaluations for UNESCO, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). She has in-country data collection experience in Ethiopia, Ireland (including Northern Ireland), Kenya, Rwanda, and South Africa. She has a Masters in Development Practice (MDP) from Trinity College Dublin (2012) and a PhD in post-conflict policing and human rights from Ulster University, Belfast (2023).

Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. He is interested in the development of outlier detection procedures in different types of data. He speaks fluent English and Arabic.

Andrew is an Independent Consultant in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning. He has over 15 years of experience supporting quality programming for projects and programs in the Humanitarian and Development Sectors and covering 10 African Countries, Yemen and Nepal. He is versed in working with diverse donors. He is a CALP Certified Trainer in Cash and Voucher Assistance, a Registered CHS Auditor with the Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI), a listed Sphere Trainer and a Consultant with Ground Truth Solutions. He is based in Kenya but works internationally.

Anish is a consultant with a socio-economic development background. He has more than 7 years of experience working in the WaSH, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction sectors.

Basileke has 15 years of experience in Programme Evaluations, Reviews and Assessments. Basileke has conducted evaluations on Disaster Resilience; Social Protection; Real Time Reviews for the Malawi Red Cross through the Belgian Red Cross (BRC-FL); Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC), GIZ, Concern Worldwide, World Vision, Water Aid, Just Associates, Plan Malawi International. Basileke works as a Monitoring, Learning and Adaptation Lead on a UK Aid funded project with Palladium, has worked with Counterpart International on USAID funded program. She worked with UNICEF at the Ministry of Gender. She holds a Master’s Degree in Development Studies.

Blessing is a senior development professional with 17 years’ experience in leadership, management and technical roles in development programs in Sudan, Zimbabwe, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and India. He has extensive experience in monitoring, evaluation, learning, strategic planning and development policy. Blessing holds a master’s degree in development studies and a BSc Hons degree in Agricultural Economics. Blessing has worked in various sectors including economic growth, agriculture, environment, humanitarian assistance, governance & health.

Bonaventure is a M&E consultant based in Burundi. Bonaventure possesses about 10 years of experience as a consultant with first hand experience in Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Bonaventure has led both qualitative and quantitative data collection using Kobo collect/ODK Collect/Survey CTO platforms. He has extensive experience leading surveys, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. His experience includes several baseline evaluations as well as impact evaluations, or real time assessment. Bonaventure has a bachelor degree in political economics.

Catherine is a social protection and humanitarian assistance expert with a background in food security, livelihoods and nutrition. Catherine is working in conflict-affected and fragile countries to design and develop policies and programmes to strengthen social protection systems with a particularly emphasis on adaptive shock responsive social protection and social inclusion. Catherine has been working with governments and international organisations in Africa, South Asia, the Middle East and the Caribbean. She is collaborating regulary with WFP, UNICEF and the Red Cross. Catherine is an active member of the ‘Social Protection in Crisis contexts’ network. She is a passionate about skills development and became recently a certified TRANSFORM Master Trainer.

Cedric is an agronomist by training who has been supporting livelihood and food security interventions across the globe, with a strong focus on West Africa for the past 15 years. Throughout the years, Cedric also developed an in-depth understanding of cash and market-based programming and was recently Solidarites International global cash advisor. He speaks both French and English.

Céline joined the humanitarian sector by working for UN agencies (UNLIREC, UNESCO) and local and international non-governmental organizations (ACTED, Action Against Hunger, and the French Red Cross). She spent four years working abroad in Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, which deepened her interest in and understanding of humanitarian issues in the Middle East. After several project management experiences, she specialized in monitoring and evaluation, which allowed her to develop solid skills in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. Céline worked for three years at Key Aid Consulting, where she conducted numerous research and evaluations for a wide range of humanitarian actors (Mercy Corps, WFP, UNICEF) and in various countries (DRC, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Benin, Moldova, etc.). At Key Aid, she specialized in cash transfers and became a trainer for the Cash Learning Partnership (CALP). Céline has also created and/or organised various training sessions on humanitarian project evaluations for the French Red Cross and UNICEF.

Chloé has more than 15 years of experience in humanitarian aid and international cooperation with the European Commission, local organisations, the UN and as a consultant. She worked for six years as a policy expert for DG ECHO HQ, leading work on cash transfers and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. The DG ECHO thematic policy on humanitarian cash transfers is a major outcome of her work. She regularly represented DG ECHO, including at the Donor Cash Forum, and created a Community of Practice on Cash, Social Protection and Basic Needs at the European Commission. Prior to that she had several project manager, policy and knowledge-sharing roles in Brussels. She started her professional life with local organisations in Peru and Togo on children’s rights and participation. Chloé is an experienced team leader and project manager. She is fluent in French, English and Spanish, and holds a Masters in International Development from the Sorbonne.

Chloé has undertaken many research pieces and evaluations, both qualitative and quantitative, covering sectors such as food security and livelihoods, nutrition, WaSH, education and child protection among others. Chloé has built a strong expertise in cash and market-based programming and more recently in developing user-centered approaches to evaluation and research (including child-friendly data collection and dissemination methods). Prior to joining Key Aid Consulting, Chloé worked on a project focusing on children’s rights and participation for a French NGO and on a cash transfer programme for UNICEF in Cambodia. Chloé speaks fluent French and English and has a working proficiency in Spanish. She holds a Master’s degree in International Development from Sciences Po Paris.

Danielle has lived and worked in multiple African countries. Proficient in managing full qualitative and quantitative research project cycles, she has worked for both UN agencies and INGOs, with a focus on education. She has also worked on large-scale quantitative research projects in the media sector and feasibility studies on the use of cash-based assistance in rural markets. She is fluent in English and French, holds an undergraduate degree from McMaster University (Canada) and a Master’s from Sciences Po Paris.

Emmlyne has 10 years’ experience managing projects in Haiti, including with government and non-government stakeholders. With an educational background in public health and research methods, she has worked with international and local agencies to develop and implement health projects and has an in-depth understanding of the humanitarian environment and community issues in Haiti.

Fatima Karout is an Economist and Quantitative Researcher with extensive experience in development economics, impact evaluations, and public policy analysis. Her work focuses on designing and evaluating evidence-based, behaviorally-informed programs to address complex challenges related to environmental sustainability, taxation, social protection, and economic development across the MENA region, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Fatima has collaborated with organizations such as the World Bank and the International Social Security Association (ISSA). She holds an M.A. in Economics and a B.E. in Computer Engineering from the American University of Beirut.

Fredrick is a senior humanitarian and development specialist based in Uganda with over 12 years of experience as a private programming consultant. Before working in private consultancy, Fredrick worked in different middle and senior-level positions with several international NGOs in Uganda that included World Vision International, Save the Children-UK, Save the Children in Uganda (Norway), and Dan Church Aid. Fredrick has also supported programs in Tanzania, Burundi, and South Sudan. Fredrick has extensive experience in program design, monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, and training/capacity building of partners.

Gabrielle is a social protection specialist with 16 years’ experience in multi-sectoral humanitarian and development programming spanning technical assistance, capacity building, research, monitoring and evaluation. She has been at the forefront of global initiatives exploring the potential for using and strengthening national social protection systems in humanitarian contexts. She developed a background paper for the World Bank on how to operationalise Adaptive Social Protection. She was a lead researcher in the DFID research on shock responsive social protection, led the feasibility study for the conditional cash for education programme for refugees in Turkey and was on the team leading the evaluation of the Emergency Social Safety Net ESSN evaluation in Turkey.

Hugo has a good command of the humanitarian sector after managing M&E departments in CAR, DRC and Haiti for more than three years with different international NGOs. He specialized on designing monitoring and evaluation systems and countrywide complaint management system in emergency contexts. He developed operational procedures for M&E activities for rapid response mechanism projects by developing standard quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods. He also had experience as a research assistant where he focused on geopolitical issues on the South Asian region and conducted research on entry barriers for people with disabilities to humanitarian services for the humanitarian coordination in CAR. Hugo holds a master’s degree in Politics and Development from Sciences Po Bordeaux. He speaks French and English.

Illiassou has been working in the Sahel region for the past 28 years. He is a seasoned facilitator and has support humanitarian organizations and Governments with strengthening their resilience and disaster risk reduction approach. Illiasou led numerous assessments in the area, specifically looking at food security and livelihoods. His experience mainly lies with qualitative approach and participatory appraisal techniques. Illiasou is a native French speaker and also speaks English. In terms of local languages: he is fluent in Haoussa, Djerma and Sonray.

Jürgen Mika is a cash specialist and a CaLP-certified trainer. He works as a Cash Programming Advisor for a large range of clients. He has been a cash and market advisor with Welthungerhilfe (WHH/GAA) for 5 years, and as part of WHHs Emergency Response Team covering the larger Humanitarian Disasters of the last 15 years. Jürgen is a Palladium Group CVA Expert of the DFAT Australia Humanitarian Emergency Roster (HER) and a regular guest lecturer on Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) as part of the NOHA Joint Master’s Programme in International Humanitarian Action at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) of the Ruhr University Bochum/Germany.

Marie Boulinaud has more than 10 years of experience in the humanitarian sector, with roles that included designing, implementing and monitoring emergency food security and livelihoods programs, essentially through cash and voucher assistance (CVA). Her experience of monitoring and evaluation includes design and leading of baselines, endlines and PDMs in different contexts, essentially for emergency food security and liveilhoods programs and CVA. Marie’s roles have included management roles in the field for diferrent NGOs and WFP, global advisor roles for Oxfam and Relief International as well as consultancies for diverse actors such as CaLP, Concern or Oxfam, essentially in the cash and markets sector. Marie has an excellent knowledge of the use of CVA for different sectoral outcomes, and of the linkages of humanitarian CVA with social protection schemes. She has supported major crisis responses such as the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel, the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh or the typhoon Haiyan response in the Philippines. She has also conducted several EMMAs and PCMAs in DRC, Niger, the Philippines and Haïti. Passionate about market-based approaches and the promotion of people’s dignity, Marie strongly believes in CVA as an effective and relevant approach to humanitarian assistance in most contexts. Marie is fluent in English and French and has a good knowledge of Portuguese.

Marwa, Regional Consultant and Arabic, Turkish and French speaker, has 8 years of experience in the humanitarian and development sector. She has direct experience working in protection, including with UNHCR, in the Middle East and related to complex crisis, refugees and host communities. For the past four years, Marwa has worked on evaluations of several humanitarian and development projects. She has experience in data collection, analysis, and reporting.

Mohamad has almost twelve years of experience in the international and local development sectors, in areas related to the Syrian Crisis, intersections of humanitarian governance, aid, migration, security, development, and peace issues in the Levant region, Europe and Turkey. Mohamad gained this professional experience working with development cooperation agencies, think tanks and UN organizations in Syria and Lebanon, academic institutions and civil society organisations across the MENA and EU region. Mohamad is a Research Fellow at the Syrian Centre for Policy Research, and MEAL & Programme Development Specialist for several donors, NGOs and International agencies in the region. Mohamad is also an International Relations doctoral researcher at the University of St Andrews (UK), and holds an MSc in Economics Policy from the University of Reading (UK), an MBA in Corporate Management, and a BSc in Economics (Syria).

Moussa, M&E and MAS specialist in Humanitarian Action, has more than 10 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation on development and humanitarian issues focusing, among other sectors, on social protection, migration, gender , food security and education. He has worked with international NGOs such as CARE International, Oxfam, Search For Common Ground and Catholic Relief Services in the development and humanitarian sectors. Working primarily with implementing partners and local NGOs, he has collaborated with other development and humanitarian actors including UNICEF, USAID, USDA, ECHO, MINUSMA, WFP, Group of the World Bank, etc. He works and lives in Mali as a consultant. His skills in project management, research methods and humanitarian action have allowed him to have a global vision of the difficulties that development and humanitarian projects can encounter and to improve the quality of the programs of the organizations with which he is accustomed. to work. He has been responsible for numerous studies and research both in their design and in their field phase, using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. These studies can range from needs analysis to program / project evaluation. In addition to his duties as MEAL coordinator, Moussa has contributed to carrying out dozens of assessments for various donors using remote and online data collection methods or / and fieldwork in conflict situations in Kidal, Ménaka, Gao, Tombouctou or Mopti in Mali. He is Malian and speaks fluent French and English.

With 20 years of experience in management, coordination, planning and program implementation, N. R. Musfika Laiju is a renowned Gender Specialist in Bangladesh. In her recent position as a Coordinator – Gender Based Violence (GBV), in South Asia for Action Against Hunger (ACF), she provided strategic advice and guidance to multi-sectorial technical advisors on GBV to ensure gender equality in programming. She also worked as a Gender Specialist for USAID where she provided support to partner organizations on gender issues. She has been involved in policy decision making process, strategy formulation and Gender advocacy in Bangladesh for many years. She also worked as Deputy Country Program Manager for Water and Life Bangladesh for 4 years where she provided solutions to the WASH crisis in the country.

Neil is an experienced evaluator of complex humanitarian and development aid programming. He has 15 years’ experience designing, implementing, and managing complex mixed-methods evaluations, with a specialisation on the measurement and evaluation of protection and gender-based violence prevention, cash, food security and livelihoods and peacebuilding activities in complex crisis settings. He has worked with a wide range of humanitarian organisations across the NGO, RCRCM, UN and donor spectrum. He was an ALNAP Research Fellow from 2016-2020, where he led a workstream of research and capacity building for humanitarian M&E.

Rima is a gender and inclusion consultant with a background in special education and educational sciences, Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), and behavioural decision science. She has experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and data analysis. Her experience in the educational and humanitarian sectors led her to promote change in international NGOs, schools and grassroots initiatives. Rima has successfully promoted equality, inclusion and civic engagement by mobilising resources, and initiated reforms in the educational and political agendas. She has extensive experience in face-to-face and online training in English, Arabic, and French about inclusion best practices, gender-based violence (GBV) and disability, and cash and voucher assistance (CVA) and gender-based violence (GBV).

Roxana is a CALP Network certified facilitator to deliver in-person and online training programs in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French, on CVA, multi-sectoral humanitarian needs assessments and market assessments, among other topics related to the sector. She has developed, proofread training materials and facilitated for a variety of humanitarian agencies such as UNHCR, IOM, Norwegian Refugee Council and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. She has more than ten years of experience in the humanitarian sector, holding various positions mainly for emergency response operations as CVA Coordinator for the hurricane seasons from 2017 to 2021, leading multi-sectoral needs assessments on the border of Venezuela and Brazil, Colombia and Panama (Darien gap) and Panama and Costa Rica; complex emergencies in Colombia and Haiti, operations manager for flood response operations in Dominican Republic and Brazil. Beyond the Americas region, she performed as operations manager for Cyclone Freddy response in Madagascar, supported the recovery operation in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai and managed an emergency hospital in Nepal as part of the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit following the earthquakes of 2015. Roxana has a Certificate in Strategy and Project Design for Humanitarian Action -which included a residential session in Uganda-, given by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies at the University of Geneva, and a professional specialization in Evaluation of Social Development Programs and Projects from the Bolivian Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies.

Sahel has over a decade of experience managing humanitarian projects in Libya, specializing in community resilience, climate change adaptation, and emergency response. He has led initiatives with UN agencies and INGOs, focusing on data management, third-party monitoring, and social entrepreneurship. His work emphasizes innovative solutions to foster resilient communities, with a proven track record of managing complex projects under pressure. Based in Libya, his expertise extends internationally, leading diverse teams and delivering impactful results.

Samasti has over 6 years of experience conducting qualitative and quantitative research in close collaboration with various national and international institutions across Asia. She has experience preparing proposals, developing tools and guidelines, planning and implementing, and monitoring and evaluating programs. She is fluent in English, Nepali and Hindi with a sound working proficiency in Bengali and Chinese (Mandarin).

Sarah Blin is an expert in social protection along the humanitarian, development and peace nexus. Her work focuses on providing technical assistance to governments and international organisations in social protection systems and processes. She is especially interested in the role of the workforce, in how social protection can address individual vulnerability and marginalisation, and in adaptative social protection. She brings 25 years of experience working in Asia, Africa and Latin America, addressing the social, economic, and political determinants of inequality in over 15 countries in large organisations. She is an experienced practitioner in social policy, especially focused on children, persons with disabilities, migrants and women. She brings her working knowledge in programming and policy influence focused on the most marginalised. She is also strategic leader and seasoned manager who has worked in complex environments along the nexus and steered team scale-ups and contractions and responded to major humanitarian crises. Sarah holds an MSc in agro-economics (ITSOM), an MA in Social Anthropology of Development (SOAS) and was trained at the ITCILO in social protection.

Seifu is based in Addis Abeba, in Ethiopia. He has more than 15 years of proven track records in research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) systems design and implementation. Seifu has provided long-term MEL technical support and guide, qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and report writing, data base management, data quality assurance, and knowledge management including lessons learned documentation and dissemination with INGO, Local NGO, UN and donors for example WFP, UNICEF, USAID, DFID, Save the Children. Seifu also has extensive experience in coordinating and facilitating capacity development initiatives. Seifu also has first-hand experience in designing and implementing diversified development programs with CARE International in Ethiopia. Seifu Tadesse holds a Master in Monitoring and Evaluation, Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Development Studies; and a Bachelor of Art in Management. Seifu is fluent in Amharic, Oromifa, English with working proficiency in Somali.

Shahnewaz has over 3 years of experience in supporting evaluation, and designing trial, experiment and rapid assessments in the humanitarian and development sectors. He has expertise in statistical analysis and scientific research, and the use of mobile technologies in Information Management. Morshed speaks English, Bengali and Hindi.

Svitlana has 15 years of experience in managing and contributing to evaluations related to good governance, civil society, gender, and humanitarian assistance with geographical coverage of Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Kyrgyzstan. She worked for EU, IOM, UNDP, UNICEF, OSCE and several NGOs. Svitlana holds MBA from Steinbeis University and continuously expands her expertise through being an active member of the International Development Evaluation Association, European Evaluation Society, board member and trainer at Ukrainian Evaluation Association, mentor at EvalYouth. In 2021 she has been engaged in elaboration of the Russian version of OECD DAC criteria ‘Coherence’.

Sylvestre has over 12 years of experience as a consultant in Monitoring and Evaluation and professional trainer, with a strong track record in the East African Community (EAC). He is a certified specialist in Performance Evaluation and Analysis by the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). His consulting expertise encompasses project monitoring, evaluation and learning, quantitative and qualitative research, training needs assessment, capacity building development and, strategy development and review. He has assessed several projects funded by donors such as the World Bank, USAID, the European Union (EU), UNHCR, WFP and FCDO. He has led and managed multi country research project in more than 20 countries of Africa by providing both technical assistance and logistics support to various team members based in different countries. Sylvestre is an active member the International Consultants Alliance (ICA World). He is also a member of the advisory group of the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP), responsible for updating guidelines on the evaluation of humanitarian action using the criteria of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD). He is fluent in English and French languages.

Temilade Sesan has over 12 years’ experience working at the humanitarian-development nexus in a range of sectors, including energy, food security, health, housing and social protection. Her work contributes to greater recognition and inclusion of women and vulnerable groups – people with disabilities, youth, ethnic minorities, refugees, internally displaced people and informal economy workers – in governance and development. In addition, she has broad expertise in stakeholder engagement, which provides her with a grounded knowledge of the social, cultural and political factors that shape the outcomes of humanitarian and development initiatives in African societies. Temilade holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Nottingham, UK. She also teaches postgraduate students and conducts academic research at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

With a Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering and a Postgraduate degree in Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School, Walaa brings over 12 years of experience in the non-profit sector. Her expertise spans Research, Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation (RMLE), with a strong focus on policy, resettlement programs, livelihoods, protection, education, and mental health. Walaa has successfully collaborated with organizations such as Partners Global Washington, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, APS, and Right To Play, driving evidence-based decision-making through advanced data management tools like SPSS, Power BI, and Excel. With strong leadership, problem-solving, and facilitation skills, she consistently enhances organizational efficiency and delivers measurable impact.